/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

>>10280711
It's just standard operating procedure in con staffing to silent blacklist (essentially ghost) artists instead of telling them they're banned. I say this with good intent, as someone who has worked both sides of the table, but y'all are drama loving assholes.

Or, more accurately, the type of artist that accumulates bans is a drama loving asshole. If someone's on the black list it's usually for a good reason - generally because they broke rules repeatedly (such as continuing to sell traced work after being told to take it down multiple times throughout a weekend), but sometimes just because they are DEEPLY unpleasant to work with. Either way, it's the type of person who given the ammunition will blow up a victim complex PR nightmare in a public sphere with a strongly tinted lens.

Artists want to be treated with respect as professionals, but it's not possible because of the loud minority that acts like children.

All that said
>Youmacon
what a fucking train wreck
Of all people, the CHAIR should have at least known better. Christ. This was posted by the Chair the afternoon before the 'eviction', meaning that the highest level of management was looped in on this disaster, and still thought it was the right way to go. And posted about it publicly on Facebook several hours before even attempting to contact the artists involved. What the absolute fuck.